Show MILLION A YEAR Sf SENT NT FROM UTAH Eastern Catalogue H Houses uses Reap Rich Harvest From Western Farmers M M IS INVESTIGATING FIVE HUNDRED LETTERS SENT TO ALL PARTS OF STATE Replies to letters sent out by thE th Merchants assocIation tion asking for Information relative to the business done in Utah Ulah by eastern catalogue houses show that nearly a dollars annually is l taken out ot of the state by these concerns In sone towns more business is done with the mall order houses than with the local merchants and In almost every case at in excess of what the same goods could be purchased at home In Inmany Inmany many Instances the practice amounts almost to a swindle Referring to the campaign against these houses being conducted by the Merchants Manufacturers association tion Secretary C O 0 Harris of the or organization said yesterday The amount of money that goes out of Utah each month to the catalogue mall mail order houses of Chicago and else elsewhere elsewhere where Is astonishing In order to get at the facts we sent out nearly l letters tt rs requesting Information as to the of the business in various corn com communities the amount of mone money sent each month the causes that contribute to the success of the catalogue mull mall order business tho tha results rosult experienced hy by the patrons ot of such business etc and the replies to these reveal an amazing condition of affairs A Million a Year to the East While hile aU all of these replies are not in inand inand and will not be for several days nough information has already alread been gleaned to indicate that at least and possibly is being sent out of Utah annually to enrich the coffers of the catalogue mail order sum that Utah or no other state can afford to lose and especially w hen added to the several millIons that is annually sent out to foreign countries by the thousands of foreigners who labor In our industries railroads and other fields of labor and who send their savings to their old homes Draper with population sends and per month or marly per year Riverton with witha a population of sends approximate approximately ly per month or nearly 1800 per peryar pery yar y ar Sandy about per month or per year From one small community in the southern part of the state comes the report that so firmly has the cata catalogue catalogue logue mall mail order habit taken of the people that one lady in that community recently sent in an order to toone toone one ot of the largest houses of that char character character acter in Chicago amounting to over sending her check for the amount although the city In which she lives a number of oC stores a full line of goods t attractive prices In another corn com community one man sent in an order for groceries amounting to 47 and after I getting them and finding their quality I I anything but what he had been heen led to submitted the list lisa to his local grocer and was surprised to find that 11 he could have saved 7 1 by purchasing thc goods at home i I iI Are Inconsistent This systematic gathering ot of information mation malion reveals that in many instances empl res of stores factories and other industries are themselves large pat patrons patrons rons cf f the catalogue mall mail order houses In several instances these in industries are dependent upon the peo pe at large for their support and con and the fact that their own eS are sending a portion of their r away Instead of patronizing their home merchants who in turn patronize the establishments in which are arc employed thus providing thE m with employment is manifestly Inconsistent and unjust both to their ers and to Ufe merchants in their ty Four of the th largest wholesale firms finns In the United States have notified the trade that hereafter they would sell no goods to too the catalogue mall mail order houses house These firms are Barlett Co wholesale hardware Chicago Carson Pirie Pine Scott Co wholesale dry goods and no notions Chicago John V Farrel Sons company wholesale dry goods goo s sand and notions Chicago and Henry Dis Disston ston the veteran saw manufacturer of Philadelphia |